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...rising influence does not seem to have warmed the hearts of de Gaulle or Adenauer, it is fortunate that he has begun to gather the reins of Western leadership at a time when, as The Times of London put it, "age and sickness have overtaken America's leading statesmen...
Beneath the impulsive language, the full outline of the Russian design could be plainly seen, and for Russian purposes it had been adroitly conceived. Moscow has divided its German policy into two categories. One is directed at the statesmen of the U.S., Britain and France, the other to the people of West Germany. For each audience, Khrushchev had an unmistakable message...
After such menaces, was there more to say? Prime Minister Macmillan, regarding nuclear war as "suicidal folly" proclaimed it "the duty of statesmen to see if it is possible to establish some basis of confidence...
...Eliot), Robert Oppenheimer (Lowell), Chester Bowles (Winthrop), to name only a few. But, even if a House manages to snare a "big name" in what Master Finley calls the "celebrity race," it has not necessarily scored an educational triumph. Under the pressure of crowded schedules, well-known writers and statesmen can not stay as long as they--or the Masters--would like. "It takes a Harvard bunch four or five days to get to know anyone," observed Master Perkins, and unless a visitor can do more than eat and run, "it seems a little excessive to pay his travel expenses...
Experience has shown that the most successful aid programs--like the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Colombo Plan--have been administered by international organizations encompassing both donor and recipient. For this reason, some statesmen have wisely proposed that the bulk of American foreign aid contributions be turned over to an International Development Authority...